I’ll admit I’m often verbose in my own chats about technical issues. Lately they have been replying to everyone with what seems to be LLM generated responses, as if they are copy/pasting into an LLM and copy/pasting the response back to others.

Besides calling them out on this, what would you do?

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    13 days ago

    Try posting your questions to google first. Your coworker is tired of your shit.

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    18 days ago

    What exactly is the problem? Are the responses inaccurate or off topic? Are they wrong?

    I guess I just don’t see why you should care that much? Your co-worker is showing you the level of engagement they have with your conversation (very low), so you should respond with a similar level of engagement. Rather than verbose answers, just give a few words.

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      17 days ago

      As long as you don’t need anything from them there isn’t one. But then why would you be sending a message in the first place?

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    Sometimes when I’m working with particularly frustrating coworkers, my responses can tend to be overly sharp and taken in a negative tone even though I don’t use any unprofessional words. I often ask an LLM to reword my messages to prevent coming across as an impatient dick. Perhaps that’s what’s happening here. Is there any reason to believe that your coworkers may be frustrated with you?

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      19 days ago

      I do something similar but it’s because English is my second language, sometimes I sound rude because mannerisms. It’s the only LLM usage I don’t regret. Language processing models, used for language processing!

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      And risk being sent to HR or fired? Lol no thanks. A plan is best considered before ever letting them know you’re onto them, a risk/benefit ratio should be accounted for to determine if there’s value to be derived from exposing/confronting them referencing the applicable legal frameworks. Do not speak to coworkers if you want to stay employed.

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    I’ll admit I’m often verbose in my own chats about technical issues.

    Maybe they’re too busy to search your messages for the relevant information. Treat your fellow employees with the same degree of courtesy that you want from them. Respect their time and learn to get to the point quickly. See if that reduces or eliminates the chatbot responses you get.

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      18 days ago

      This is probably my main issue. I have a technical problem, I provide detailed reasons why it is a problem, and propose solutions. I ask for feedback from the team, because I don’t want to railroad people and appreciate multiple perspectives.

      I’ll try to be more succinct in my messages going forward, which are generally only 5 sentences or so. If this issue still persists I have another problem.

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        18 days ago

        Five sentences is less than I was imagining. I’ve been glad to see that you’re getting a lot of good, helpful advice. Definitely go with one of those if the problem persists. Good luck!

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    Talk to your manager. There are - or should be - processes in place to monitor AI. Who is allowed to use it, what are they allowed to use it for. It should not be a free for all, it should be we are letting a few people do this to see how/if it works. As such you need to give your feedback on the AI responses to whoever is studying AI for use in your company.

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    19 days ago

    I think the response depends on what your goal is.

    I assume that you find it annoying? Or disrespectful? Is the issue impacting work at all, or do you just hate having to talk to them through this impersonal intermediary? I think if that’s the case, the main remedy is to start by talking to them and telling them how you feel. If they want to use an LLM, fine, but they should at least try to disguise it better.

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    19 days ago

    Depends on the type of questions. Are they “my outlook isn’t sending email?” or are they “when I look Ms. Johnsons adress, it shows 123 StreetRoad instead of the correct 234 AveLane”.

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    19 days ago

    IT guy here, this is very possibly a security incident. This is especially serious if you are working in healthcare.

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    If part of your coworker’s job is answering questions for coworkers, it’s disrespectful (not to mention a career-limiting move) to outsource that labor to an LLM. However, your coworker may be in a situation where they feel overwhelmed by coworkers not using available resources or they may have some other reason for “outsourcing” their work to an LLM. Or they could be underpaid, disgruntled by workload, or a bunch of other different things.

    Without more context, it’s hard to know what may be going on there. I don’t think a constructive conversation with your colleague is possible without getting more information from them. I would recommend being pretty direct. Maybe something like: “It seems like you may not have read my question. This isn’t a question that I can get a usable answer from an LLM for. Is there another resource you think I should have used before contacting you?”

    If this still feels too confrontational, you could take out the second sentence.

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    19 days ago

    Since you mentioned technical issues, you may inquire about what information is allowed to be shared with LLMs. My employer strictly forbids their use because we deal with a ton of IP that they don’t want leaked.

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      Similarly, I work in a field where they are forbidden because we deal with confidential information. If the LLMs started randomly spouting some Chaucer it was trained on, what about some court cases? How about we use the LLM to evaluate the damages and assign them values that couldn’t go wrong at all. I need another drink.

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    19 days ago

    Report them to HR for creating a hostile work environment. They’re clearly showing disrespect for everyone.

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    Are they providing you the information you asked for? If so, whats the problem. Many of my coworkers over the years have had communication skills of a 3rd grader and I would have actually preferred an LLM response instead of reading over their response 5 or 6 times trying to parse what the hell they were talking about.

    I they aren’t providing the information you need, call on their boss complaining the worker isn’t doing their job.

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        18 days ago

        Found the guy who sends you the kinda shit on slack that makes you wish for happy hour at 2pm, preferably at the local fentanyl dispensary.

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      19 days ago

      If they are copying OPs messages straight into a chatbot, this could absolutely be a serious security incident, where they are leaking confidential data

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        19 days ago

        It depends, if they’re using copilot through their enterprise m365 account, it’s as protected as using any of their other services, which companies have sensitive data in already. If they’re just pulling up chatgpt and going to town, absolutely.